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Friday, 11 July 2014

Tips on Optimizing Guaranteed Income Sources in Retirement

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In Part 2 of a three-part interview, T. Rowe Price's Christine Fahlund
discusses getting the most out of Social Security benefits as well as longevity
and long-term care insurance.

Christine
Fahlund, senior financial planner for T.
Rowe Price Group (TROW), retired in May after 18 years with the firm. Before
her departure, Morningstar's Christine Benz sat down with her to get her wisdom
on creating a successful retirement plan.

In Part 1 of the three-part
interview, Fahlund discussed how to assess whether you've saved enough to
retire as well as the benefits and pitfalls of working longer. In this section,
she addresses lifetime income sources, including Social Security and longevity
insurance.

Christine
Benz: You think
Social Security planning is a very important aspect of retirement planning. Can
you outline some of the things that people should be thinking about as they
look to maximize their Social Security benefits?

Christine
Fahlund: We believe
that there are a variety of ways to enhance the amount you receive from Social
Security. The preponderance of Americans are still taking it at 62. We want
them to stop for a minute and educate themselves, talk to a financial planner,
and come up with at least one strategy for them to consider other than,
"We're just going to take it at as soon as possible."

For married couples, the way to
maximize benefits is for both spouses to work until age 70, or at least to full
retirement age for one of you and 70 for the other. The higher breadwinner
should always be waiting until 70. The reason to wait until 70 is that benefit
is the amount that the surviving spouse, whether it's the husband or the wife,
is going to receive from Social Security once the first spouse dies. So, you
definitely want to maximize that because in most cases we don't know who it's
going to be or when it's going to be.

The frosting on the cake is in
addition to waiting until 70, one of you could file and suspend your payments
until 70, which would enable the other spouse to file and restrict his or her
application to spousal benefits. So, depending upon the age difference between
the two, many times, one of the spouses could receive four years' worth, from
age 66 all the way to 70, of spousal benefits, and that might end up being, for
example, $1,000 a month for four years. That's $48,000.

Now, it may not be quite possible to
wait until age 70. It may be that 68 turns out to be the number, but you're
going in the right direction. For us personally, some people would say, "I
don't know why you and your husband both waited until 70." Some of that is
an emotional decision, too. In our particular case, I felt that it would be
ideal for us to get the largest checks possible from Social Security while the
two of us are enjoying our retirement together.